Tamaki Tech: Blogger of the Week

Each week, the year 7 and 8 students at Pt England School head over to Tamaki College for their technology courses. The students rotate through four different courses over the year and they love learning something new from the high school teachers.

This week, John was in Robotics working to code his robot to do a series of actions. John persevered and was so excited to make it happen!  He did such an amazing job that he was recognised by Mr Dunn and awarded Coder of the Week!

Well done John!

Term 2 Immersion Assembly: Now That's Thinking

This term, we will be looking into Technology with our school-wide focus "Now That's Thinking."  The students of Team 3 will be diving deeper into Māori uses of kites and various ways to make them.  Students will be exploring different materials and different methods to make the best kite for flying.

We will also be exploring Māori mythology and Matariki.  The students of Team 3 will be working to complete their very own animations of the Māori myth Tamarereti.

Check out our Immersion Assembly movie of Tamarereti below.

Tinkering, Tools, and Toys

This term, the students at Pt. England are studying various areas of Technology.  Our theme this term is "Tinkering, Tools, and Toys." Today, the students of Team 5 spent time working on their group projects.

Check out what the students of Class 4 have been up to!

 This group is working on a life-sized Jenga game for our Yr 7/8 game room.

 Gearing up to build their life-sized Checkers game.

 This groups of girls is working hard on a mosaic using the Pt. England logo and our Year 8 pictures.

Working hard to remodel our Team Common Room Space.

 The boys are working on a model to build new benches for our rugby teams.

 These boys are creating a brand new bike track for the students at Pt. England to use on our bottom field.

Term 2 Tinkering, Tools and Toys

This term, Pt. England students will be studying Technology: Tinkering, Tools, and Toys. Team 5 will be looking into how to answer the question, "How can we do it better?" We will be exploring WW1 and ANZAC Day during the first part of the term, and looking into how we can do something to make Pt. England even better for future students.